* Ieuan Wyn Jones' political credibility was shot to bits at the hands of Glenys Kinnock.

She savaged him on TV's Question Time over the issue of Plaid councillor Seimon Glyn, who had made hostile remarks about non-Welsh speaking incomers to the language heartlands.

Jones floundered under Kinnock's verbal onslaught. Instead of giving the impression of strong leadership, he gave the impression of appeasing extremists.

* Fresh from election success, Plaid party president Dafydd Iwan declared he would not stand in the way of members who wanted to put "independence" back into the heart of the party. At the same time, National Assembly leader Ieuan Wyn Jones told journalists the debate was an "irrelevant" one.

* The night of the long knives happened appropriately over the dinner table when a number of Plaid AMs discussed the need for Mr Jones to go. They were reported to have plotted over a takeaway curry at the Cardiff home of rival Helen Mary Jones, who later denied being involved in the conspiracy.